2005 Minnesota Statutes - 65B.001 — Definitions.

     65B.001 Definitions. 


    Subdivision 1.    Application.  Unless a different 
 meaning is expressly made applicable, the terms defined in this 
 section shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the 
 meanings given them. 


    Subd. 2.    Private passenger vehicle insurance.  
 "Private passenger vehicle insurance" means a policy insuring a 
 natural person as named insured, and any relative of the named 
 insured who is a resident of the same household, covering 
 private passenger vehicles or utility vehicles owned by the 
 insured. This term does not include a policy insuring more than 
 four vehicles rated on a fleet basis or covering garage, 
 automobiles sales agency, repair shop, service station or public 
 parking place operation hazards. 


    Subd. 3.    Private passenger vehicle.  "Private 
 passenger vehicle" means a passenger automobile defined in 
 section 168.011, or a jeep type automobile, that is not rented 
 to others or used as a public or livery conveyance for 
 passengers.  


    Subd. 4.    Utility vehicle.  "Utility vehicle" means 
 any four wheel vehicle, other than a private passenger vehicle, 
 which has a pickup, van, or panel truck type body and is not 
 used primarily in the occupation, profession or business of the 
 insured, other than farming or ranching. 


    Subd. 5.    Motorcycle.  "Motorcycle" means a 
 self-propelled vehicle designed to travel on fewer than four 
 wheels that has an engine rated at greater than five horsepower, 
 and includes a trailer with one or more wheels, when the trailer 
 is connected to or being towed by a motorcycle.  For purposes of 
 this chapter, motorcycle includes a motorized bicycle as defined 
 in section 169.01, subdivision 4a, but does not include an 
 electric-assisted bicycle as defined in section 169.01, 
 subdivision 4b.  


    HIST: 1977 c 366 s 1; 1984 c 592 s 52; 1987 c 269 s 1; 1989 c 
 140 s 1; 1996 c 435 s 1